Clive Wake is a critic, editor and translator of modern African and French literature. Born in

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, Clive Wake studied at Cape Town University and the Sorbonne. He taught at the

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, and the

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, where he is Emeritus Professor of French and African Literature.Sony Lab'Ou Tansi, ''The Seven Solitudes of Lorsa Lopez '', 1995, p. 1. He served as Lord Mayor of Canterbury for the Liberal Democrats party and was Vice-Chancellor of Chaucer College Canterbury.

Works

* (ed. with John Reed) ''A Book of African Verse'', London: Heinemann Educational, 1964.

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8. Later edition published (1984) as ''A New Book of African Verse''. * (tr. with John Reed) ''Prose and Poetry'', by

Léopold Sédar Senghor Léopold Sédar Senghor (; ; 9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese poet, politician and cultural theorist who was the first president of Senegal (1960–80). Ideologically an African socialist, he was the major theoretician o ...

. London: Oxford University Press, 1965. * (ed.) ''An Anthology of African and Malagasy Poetry in French''. London: Oxford University Press, 1965. * (tr. with John Reed) ''Nocturnes'', by

. London: Heinemann Educational, 1969.

71 * (tr.) '' The Money-Order with White Genesis'' by Sembène Ousmane. London: Heinemann Educational Books, 1972.

92. (Translation of ''Vehi ciosane; ou, Blanche-genèse; suivi du Mandat'', Paris: Présence Africaine, 1965.) * (ed. and tr. with John Reed) ''French African Verse'', London: Heinemann Educational Books, 1972.

106. * (tr.) ''The Wound'', by Malick Fall. London: Heinemann, 1973. Translated from the French ''La Plaie''. * ''The Novels of

Pierre Loti Pierre Loti (; pseudonym of Louis Marie-Julien Viaud ; 14 January 1850 – 10 June 1923) was a French naval officer and novelist, known for his exotic novels and short stories.This article is derived largely from the ''Encyclopædia Britannica El ...

'', The Hague: Mouton, 1974 * (tr. with John Reed) ''Translations from the Night: Selected Poems of Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo''. London: Heinemann.

167 * (with Martin Banham) ''African Theatre Today'', 1976 * (tr.) ''Xala'', by Sembène Ousmane, 1976 * (tr. with John Reed) ''Wirriyamu'' by Williams Sassine, 1980 * (tr.) ''The Seven Solitudes of Lorsa Lopez'', by Sony Lab'Ou Tansi. Oxford; Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1995.

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* Year of birth missing (living people) Living people French–English translators University of Paris alumni Academic staff of the University of Zimbabwe {{Africa-lit-stub